long term care

Gov. Mike DeWine said a curfew may be reinstated in the future, in particular if cases climb due to more contagious variants of the virus.

COVID-19 cases and deaths appear to be on a downward trend around Ohio, and that extends to long-term care facilities as well.At the beginning of this…

More than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are coming from nursing homes. Those and other long-term care facilities are getting a lot of attention in…

Low initial vaccine uptake among staffers in nursing homes has ignited debates about whether to penalize, persuade or simply pay them more to get the vaccine. But a little patience might work best.

More than half of nursing home workers have refused the vaccine but at least one Ohio nursing home is beating the odds.Ohio appears to have hundreds of…

Angela Smith can’t access her email – she has no computer, no tablet, no high-cost data plan and the library’s closed. Smith, 48, is taking care of her 74-year-old mother, Minnie, in the Cedar Extension High-Rise senior apartments on East 30th Street, a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority building just down the street from Cleveland’s main post office. Angela has Type 2 diabetes and Minnie has rheumatoid arthritis in her hands, feet and hips.

Ohio nursing homes have been one of the frontlines during the pandemic, and Gov. Mike DeWine has repeatedly raised concerns that many employees are…

COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

Ohio’s nursing home residents and workers are among the first in the state to be offered the new COVID-19 vaccines. Most residents are taking it, but Gov.…

Early Friday morning, Mayor Andrew Ginther joined Gov. Mike DeWine at Crown Pointe Care Center in Columbus to mark the expansion of Ohio’s vaccination…